audiphone

[aw-duh-fohn]

noun Medicine/Medical.

a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

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Origin of audiphone

1875–80, Americanism; audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

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Examples from the Web for audiphone

Grantline's voice in my audiphone broke my despairing thoughts.
Brigands of the Moon|Ray Cummings
Every session of the Conference saw Miss Ellis seated in the front pew, audiphone in hand, eagerly intent on the exercises.
Miss Ellis's Mission|Mary P. Wells Smith
I felt at that moment, under the shirt against my skin, the anode of my audiphone tingling.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
An audiphone buzzer interrupted him, a call from the duty man in the instrument room of the nearby building.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930|Various

Audiphone, an acoustic instrument by means of which deaf persons are enabled to hear.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for audiphone

audiphone

noun

a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

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